In partnership with the City of Madison and Madison Public Library, the African Center for Community Development provides in-person assistance* to help offset housing costs by assisting residents…
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The Madison Writing Assistance (MWA) program offers free, one-to-one writing support for community members at library branches throughout the city. Our friendly, experienced writing…
The Madison Writing Assistance (MWA) program offers free, one-to-one writing support for community members at library branches throughout the city. Our friendly, experienced writing…
Join local artist Amy Mietzel for hands-on art projects!
For school-aged kids who know the basic moves of chess and want to practice their skills. Sessions begin with a 30 minute strategy or tactics lesson, followed by open game time. Come on in to play…
READ and PLAY together with children ages 5 and under at the evening edition of Multi-Age Storytime! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication…
Come on in for a friendly game of chess with your neighbors. All ages welcome!
Sequoya Library chess clubs are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month (except for election days…
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 follows one woman’s psychic deterioration in the face of rampant misogyny. In a tidy apartment on the outskirts of Seoul, millennial “everywoman” Kim Jiyoung spends…
READ and PLAY with your favorite baby or toddler! Reading, singing, talking and playing with your baby from the beginning is important because the roots of language are developing in a baby’s…
READ and PLAY together with children under age 5! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills and…
Attention word lovers: exercise your brain by playing Scrabble with other adults!
READ and PLAY together with children under age 5! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills and…
We'll provide the art supplies, you provide the kiddos. Messy play and maybe some art making will happen! If the weather is pleasant, we'll make art outside, so dress for mess and…
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READ and PLAY together with children 5 & under! Stories, songs, and rhymes for about 20 minutes, followed by playtime and an art project.
Engaging with books, songs, and playful…
READ and PLAY with your favorite baby! Reading, singing, talking, and playing with your baby from the beginning is important because the roots of language are developing in a baby’s brain even…
Do you have clothing or other fabric items that need mending?
Volunteers from the Sewing Machine Project are offering free mending at Hawthorne Neighborhood Library every other…
Drop-in knitting. All experience levels welcome. Children under 9 must be accompanied by an adult for duration of program. Yarn and Needles provided for in-library use.
Please join us to play chess at our weekly, drop-in program! All ages and experience levels welcome.
Calling all kids and families! Join us for a very fun art series where we will explore our creativity.
This week, artist Deckard, will teach us to make tissue paper stained glass…
Need a space to store your treasures? Come decorate a mini wooden box using acrylic paints, glitter glue, yarn, sequins, and more!
Youth 8 years and younger must…
School-age children (elementary and middle school) are invited to join us for this kid-led Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Be a part of an adventuring party where you'll use your imagination and…
Drop in knitting: Learn a new craft or work on that unfinished project with other neighborhood knitters.
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Join us for snacks games and an interactive event to learn more about how the body works and careers in the healthcare field.
This four part series will be led by Dr. Jasmine Zapata-…
In Renaissance Italy, the brief life of Lucrezia de’Medici, married at age 15 to an Italian Duke, then murdered (probably by her husband), is explored in this novel that paints the time and place…
Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighboring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their…